Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
BERTRAND RUSSELLOf all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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Sin is geographical.
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Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.
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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn’t wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.
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I hate being all tidy like a book in a library where nobody reads – prison is horribly like that.
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Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.
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The use of self-control is like the use of brakes on the train. It is useful when you find yourself in the wrong direction but merely harmful when the direction is right.
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It seems to me fundamental dishonesty, and a fundamental treachery to intellectual integrity to hold a belief because you think it’s useful and not because you think it’s true.
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The secret of happiness is very simple: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
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